Vegetable slicer



Patented Jan. 6, 1925.

vUNITED STA'IES 1,522,088 PATENT ,()FFICJEQ JOSEPH UNGERMAN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.'

`vrieii'rAsma sLIcER.

Application filed February 20,1924. 'Serial No.`694,1578.1

To all whom t may conce/1in.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH UNGERMAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vegetable Slicers, of which the following is 'a speciiication.

The main object of this invention is to provide a portable vegetable or fruit Slicer designed in such manner as to permit the simultaneous slicing of an entire vegetable or piece of fruit, such as a potato, onion, apple, or the like.

Another object is to provide an article as mentioned, simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive in cost of manufacture, `and having removable parts thereon for the purpose of renewing any of said parts.

These and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts of the drawing.

Referring briefly to the drawing, Figure l is a perspective view of the Slicer, a portion thereof being broken away to more clearly illustrate the parts.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevational view of the slicer showing the knife in partly raised position, the section being taken longitudinally intermediate its width, the section being taken on line 2-2 of Figure 3.

Figure 3 is a top pla-n view of the slicer with the delivery platform removed, and the knife being shown in part only.

Referring in detail tothe drawing, the numeral 10 indicates the base of the device, and has provided near one of its ends studs 11 which project upwardly and are formed into sleeves 12, the latter journalling the transverse sha-ft 13. The ends of the latter, which project from the sleeves 12, are rigidly secured to side bars 14 and 15, said bars being joined at their opposite ends by member 16. An additional bar 17, parallel to member 16 and spaced apart therefrom, forms a rectangular frame at the 'free end of the bars 14 and 15. Intermediate the length of member 16, a slightly bent rod 18 extends outwardly therefrom, and provides a handle for swinging the bars 14 and 15. Between member 16 and the bar 17, a plurality of relatively thin blades 19 extend parallel to the bars 14 and 15 across the entire width of the frame, and the spaces 2O between said blades govern the thickness of the slicedarticle. A substantiallj7 rectangular plate 21 is seated on the base 10 and has longitudinal channels 22 and ears 23, the ears receiving screws 24 which. secure said plate to the surface of the base. The channels in the plate extend in the 'directions of the blades 19 and receive the same when the bars 14 and 15 lie adjacent to the base, the channels being of lesser depth than the thickness lof the plate 21. An apron 25 is mounted over the shaft 13 at the rear end of the base by passing securing means thru a Harige 26, and an extension 27 of said apron forms a delivery platform for the sliced article when the knife frame is rotated to vertical position. The side edges of the platform 27 have upturned ears 28 which prevent the sliced article from `falling sidewise or from interfering with the functioning of the slicer.

The slicer is used in the following man ner. A potato, or like article, is placed upon the plate 21 after the knife frame has been opened by grasping the handle 18 and rotating the same to the vertical position. The blade is then rotated to the horizontal position, and in so doing, the spaced apart blade 19 will cleave into the vegetable and split the same into chips` having a thickness of the distance between the blades, as indicated by the numeral 20. One chip is entirely separated from the adjacent one, as the blade comes to rest. in the channels 22, thereby causing the cutting edges of the blades to fall below the surface of the plate 21. When 'a vegetable has been cut into chips in the manner described, the knife frame is again rotated into vertical position, the chips meanwhile being retained between the blades 19 imtil the frame is slightly past the vertical plane, when said chips will fall due to their own weight upon the platform 27, which being inclined, will cause the same to be precipitated into a container located at the rear of the base 10.

I claim V1. A slicer comprising a base, studs rigid with said base, the upper end of said studs being formed into sleeves, a shaft journalled into said sleeves, a frame rigid with said shaft, a handle on said frame and adapted to rotate the latter, a plurality of spaced apart blades extending parallel to the sides of said frame, and an inclined delivery apron above the pivoted end of said frame.

2. A slicer comprising a base, a studs rigid with said' base, the 'upper 'end of said Studs Ilo'en'g formed into sleeves, a Yshaft journalled into said sleeves, a 'frame rigid with said shaft, saidfraine having a 180 degree swing, a handle 'on said frame-l and adapted to rotate the latter, a plurality 'of spaced apart blades extending parallel to the sides of said frame, a plate mountedI on said* base having channels therein receiving the in utti'ng edges of saidv blades, ears 0n Said JOSEPH UNGERMAN. 

